#ae87b2

Color #ae87b2

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae87b2

RGB

rgb(174, 135, 178)

HSL

hsl(294.4, 21.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.4, 24.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(61.26, 22.47, -16.88)

LCH

lch(61.26, 28.1, 323.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0762, 323.27)

HWB

hwb(294.4, 52.9%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bb287

Analogous

#9987b2

#ae87b2

#b287a1

Triadic

#ae87b2

#b2ae87

#87b2ae

Split-complementary

#ae87b2

#a1b287

#87b299

Tetradic

#ae87b2

#b2878b

#8bb287

#87b2ae

Square

#ae87b2

#b29987

#8bb287

#87a1b2

Shades

Color #ae87b2 mixed toward black.

#99679e

#7b527f

#5c3d5f

#3d2940

#1f1420

Tints

Color #ae87b2 mixed toward white.

#bc9bbf

#c9afcc

#d7c3d9

#e4d7e5

#f2ebf2

Tones

Color #ae87b2 mixed toward gray.

#ab8bae

#a88eab

#a592a7

#a295a4

#9f99a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ea9 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#a1a4a7 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#aca19f · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae87b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae87b2]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#ae87b2 (#ae87b2) is rgb(174, 135, 178) in RGB.

No, #ae87b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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